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Hm. I wouldn't know Seattle. Not sure why he looked familiar.

Re: the banner pics. A few years back (WSOP still at Rio), was playing in the Senior's event. A while after we'd started, a guy comes in, gives the dealer his registration slip and player's card.

The dealer asks for a photo id. He points at a banner on the wall. It was Berry Johnston (1986 ME champ). We all got a good laugh out of that.

Some people have a look that seems familiar. I've run into it a number of times. Someone will ask me when I left Ohio. Never been to Ohio. They don't believe me and think I'm blowing them off. It troubles me to think some poor bastid out there looks so much like me.

Happened to a friend of mine in a very humorous way. We were in Pizza Hut and a biker guy walks by my friend and says "I never thought I'd see you in this town again". My friend says Huh? Turns out he's like a 90% match for a guy that infiltrated a biker gang and testified against them and sent a few to prison. Well, it was humorous to me anyway.

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05-31-2024 , 10:03 PM

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Breadcrumb: In Level 13 of the Mystery Millions Bounty Flight B with the blinds at 2000/4000 a hand like the absurd final poker scene from the movie Casino Royale takes place. There is a four way all-in including me for over 400,000 chips and the tournament chip lead at the time (WSOP.com had the chip leader at 365,000 at the time). Everyone has a monster hand and there remains a significant sweat after all the money gets into the middle.

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05-31-2024 , 10:07 PM

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Breadcrumb: Was at the same table as Ben Yu for a while.

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05-31-2024 , 10:12 PM

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bucketorocks

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You tease, you

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05-31-2024 , 10:23 PM

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You tease, you

I will leave you with this. If you liked the stories from what I wrote about regarding my 2019 WSOP, I think the stories are even better so far in this 2024 World Series from a poker perspective.

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05-31-2024 , 10:38 PM

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bucketorocks

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I just want to know how many Dr Peppers you’ve had today.

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Yesterday , 11:11 PM

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rppoker

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I just want to know how many Dr Peppers you’ve had today.

One or two a day

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Find us Russ Hamilton's banner. Last time I was there, it was in a closet or alley off the main drag.

They seem to skip his year in the photo below, so I don't know where they have him.

However, they do have Chris Ferguson up.

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Yesterday , 11:21 PM

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I checked out the Horseshoe today when the Event #6 $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold-em Championship semifinals were going on (Artur Martirosian versus Darius Samual, and Faraz Jaka versus Nikolai Mamut). We always see the professional feed on TV, but I thought 2+2 might like to see what it looks like from a little farther back where you see the view from the TV production perspective:

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Yesterday , 11:24 PM

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rppoker

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Breadcrumb: With me holding A-Q, I finally make my hand with an ace on the river, and I run into ... quads.

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Yesterday , 11:42 PM

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bucketorocks

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Originally Posted by rppoker

One or two a day

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Today , 12:56 AM

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DogFace

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Michael Rocco cameo in your Bechtel banner pic.

I think they keep Russ Hamilton's banner in mothballs or use it as an extra dish rag. Can't recall ever seeing it up.

Jesus is a strange case because he was a poker exile for many years, yet a frequent face around 2016-2019. I saw him a few times in the Rio my first time coming out for the WSOP, but now it seems like he has gone underground again. No Hendon cashes since the 2020 online WSOP.

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jrrdesert

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They seem to skip his year in the photo below, so I don't know where they have him.

Glad they don't have Russ up there - would be a travesty. I lost a lot of money in those 25-50 UB games after they activated the back door - 70K or so. Funny thing is I had dinner with him and a couple of other guys at the wsop that year just before the scandal came out. Needless to say he was very jovial at dinner.

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